New Cards Now In Stock

I love to see my felt art pictures in print so imagine my delight when all these new cards arrived today!

'On Heathery Hill'

'Little Lochty Cottage'

'Creagan Cottage'

'Lavender Hill Bothy'

'Apple Tree Cottage'

'Over the Brig'

Over the Brig was among the first batch of designs that I had made into cards back in 2011 and has remained one of my best sellers.

 New to the collection today is 'Midnight Sailing'.

This was a textile picture I made quite a while ago and I really like how the sparkle of the stars has been retained in the print.

'Dolphin'

The texture and stitch of the dolphin picture has been retained in the print as well.

'Bright Horizon'

Bright Horizon is also new to the cards collection.

All these cards measure 10 x 15 cm and come with a good quality plain white envelope and cellophane sleeve for protection.

 'Harvey the Highland Cow'

Harvey is a constant favourite and often sells out.

And here is Rainbow's End Cottage. This was the first design I ever had printed. It was the cover of the program for the 2011 Glenfarg Folk Festival hence the wee music notes coming out of the chimney.

'Rainbow's End Cottage'

All these cards are £2.50 each and Sets of Six are also available at £12

Set of Six Cards £12

You can see the full selection in the Cards Section of my Shop here

New Sheep Brooches and Other News

Been very busy since the Open Studios weekend fulfilling orders and commissions and coming up with some new ideas.

I'm delighted to be able to share this commission piece with my customer's permission.

I was sent photos of this beautiful crofters cottage on North Uist and asked to make a felt picture featuring the cottage, a rainbow disappearing into the sea, some wee sheep and a bit of artistic license with the background and sea.

Struan Cottage

I'm delighted with how it turned out and so is my customer and the recipient.

The cottage has been in my customers family for years and she feels that this piece will become a real family heir loom.

This is one of the photos I worked from. The cottage is available to rent for holidays and I really hope to go their maybe next year. After our visit to Harris last summer, we are really hankering to visit the Uists and to stay somewhere like this would be amazing! Beats a tent any day!

As well as working on commissions I have been rebuilding my stock after a very busy time at Open Studios. The sheep pendants continue to be popular and I have made a few more available in my Etsy Shop. There is a whole section there for Sheep Jewellery.

 

I often get asked if I make the sheep pendants as brooches and I'm pleased to say that now I do! More shapes and sizes coming soon but these are the first designs hot off the work table.

The Orkney fibres in this one above make the landscape look like a wild Scottish mountain covered in heather.

 

Sheep Brooches £15

3.5cm in diameter

 

So as well as new brooches, I have some new card designs in the pipeline and hope to get some framed pieces photographed and listed later today.

 

If you are in the Angus area this weekend, look out for Open Studio signs all over the place as Angus Open Studios runs from today Thursday 24th to Monday 28th May 2012.

We have planned a route and hope to visit some potters, jewellers, textile artists and other designers. Looking forward to visiting this collaboration of three artists who have set up a rather splendid tent in a garden on Dishlandtown Street in Arbroath! Makes me think of a make believe land from a children's story book!